AN EMBEDDED CLAUSE FOUND IN STEVE JOBS’
STANFORD COMMENCEMENT SPEECH SCRIPT
By:
MAULANA MEGA JAUHARI 200932296
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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AN EMBEDDED CLAUSE FOUND IN STEVE JOBS’ COMMENCEMENT SPEECH SCRIPT
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program In the Department of English Education
By:
MAULANA MEGA JAUHARI 200932296
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
Always be yourself and never be anyone else even if they look better than you.
Success is always accompanied with failure. And to get a success, your courage must be greater than your fear.
Do whatever you like, be consistent, and success will come naturally.
Dedication:
The research is dedicated to:
Allah SWT, The Owner of Universe, The Master of Creativity
His beloved parents (Mr. Hadi mulyono and Mrs. Muzaro’ah )
His beloved brothers and sister (M. Syaifurrohman, Khamim Thohari Asyhari and Lina Muzayana)
His beloved family in Islamic boarding house “Al Husna”, especially (Umi Munadiroh, Rina Masyitoh and Syahda Kamila Azzahra)
His dearest one (Pipit Yusvitasari)
His beloved friends
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Alhamdulillah grateful thanks to Allah SWT who has blessed me with the
chance to finish this final project entitled “An Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script”
The writer realizes there are a number of people who have given their
thought, time and also help behind the process of doing this skripsi. In this
opportunity, the writer would like to express his gratitude to:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the Head of English Education Department of
Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
3. Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the first advisor who always gives her best
support, contributive criticism and motivation for the writer best.
4. Titis Sulistiowati, SS, M.Pd, as the second advisor who gives her ideas and
thoughts during completing this research.
5. The lecturers of English Education Department of Teacher Training and
Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
6. His beloved Parents, who always give his love, pray and support.
7. His beloved siblings and big family who always support and motivate him.
8. His beloved students in Islamic Boarding House Al Husna who always
support and motivate him.
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10.All of his friends in “Campus” (Coco, Rt, Aniq, Zaky, Edong, Lysa, Ayu,
Ncus and Ulya). Nice to see you guys.
11.All of his friends in “Village” (Ragil, Jendral, Marjon, Panjol, Robet, Ket, Yunus and Gocin).
In addition, the writer would like to express his sincerest gratitude to the
readers for some critics and suggestion. He hopes this skripsi will be useful for
everyone who concerns to the topic especially for those in the field of English
teaching and learning.
Kudus, January 2014
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ABSTRACT
Jauhari, Maulana Mega. 2014. An Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (1) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd. (2) Titis Sulistiowati, SS, M.Pd.
Keywords: Embedded Clause, Commencement Speech Script, Stanford University
Embedded clause is a clause coming to function as constituent within the structure of a group, which itself is constituent of a clause. It is rather difficult to determine whether some clause belong to embedded clause or not in a clause due to its complexity. Therefore, the writer chooses Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech script since Steve Jobs is one of the most notable figures in this century whose speech is so honest and pure that the students can get a motivation from his wisdom within the speech. Moreover, since his death, Jobs’ life story has been inspiring many people in the world. Then, it is because embedded clauses are seen clearly in the written language especially which have complex clauses belonging to Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech script. Based on these reasons, the writer is interested and motivated to analyze embedded clause in Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech script.
The objective of this research is to find the types and functions of embedded clause found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech script.
The design of this research is descriptive qualitative. Whereas, the data of this research is embedded clause and the data source of this research is Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech script which delivered on June, 12 2005 and posted on June, 14 2005 through stanford.edu. The writer uses descriptive research to analysis the types and functions embedded clause found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech script.
Based on the analyzing of the data, the writer found that there are (75) types of embedded clause which consist of (55) as finite clause and (20) as non-finite clause. Then, there are (74) functions of embedded clause which consist of (51) as post modifier in a nominal group, (7) as participant and (16) as post modifier in an adverbial group. The most dominant type is as finite clause and the most function is as post modifier in a nominal group in his commencement speech script.
Therefore, the writer suggests that the reader can add their knowledge about embedded clause by concerning the types and functions of embedded clause at the same time in order to achieve the comprehensive understanding about embedded clause. Moreover, for the English Education Department Students of
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Muria Kudus University can be motivated to enrich their knowledge about embedded clause in order to create good sentences. In addition, the Lecturers can also motivate their students to create good text by enriching their knowledge about embedded clause.
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ABSTRAK
Jauhari, Maulana Mega. 2014. Klausa Sematan Yang Ditemukan di dalam Skrip Pidato Wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd. (2) Titis Sulistiowati, SS, M.Pd.
Keywords: Klausa Sematan, Skrip Pidato Wisuda, Universitas Stanford
Klausa sematan adalah mekanisme dimana sebuah klausa berfungsi sebagai bagian dari frasa tersebut sebagai bagian dari sebuah klausa. Menentukan apakah sebuah klausa termasuk klausa sematan atau tidak dalam sebuah klausa itu sedikit sulit dikarenakan kekompleksannya. Oleh karena itu, penulis memilih skrip pidato wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford karena Steve Jobs merupakan salah satu tokoh terkemuka di abad ini, yang pidatonya begitu jujur dan tulus bahwa mahasiswa bisa mengambil motivasi dari kearifannya yang tersirat di dalam pidato ini. Selain itu, semenjak kematiannya, Kisah hidup Jobs telah mengilhami banyak orang di dunia. Kemudian, hal ini karena klausa sematan dapat terlihat secara jelas di dalam bahasa tertulis terutama yang mempunyai klausa kompleks termasuk skrip pidato wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford. Berdasarkan alasan-alasan tersebut, penulis tertarik dan termotivasi untuk menganalisa klausa sematan di dalam skrip pidato wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan jenis-jenis dan fungsi-fungsi Klausa Sematan yang ditemukan di dalam skrip pidato wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford.
Bentuk penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskripsi kualitatif. Sedangkan, data penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah klausa sematan. Dan sumber data penelitian ini adalah skrip pidato wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford yang disampaikan pada tanggal 12 Juni 2005 dan diposkan pada tanggal 14 Juni 2005 melaui stanford.edu. Penulis menggunakan penelitian deskripif untuk menganalisa jenis-jenis dan fungsi-fungsi klausa sematan yang ditemukan di dalam skrip pidato wisuda dari Steve Jobs di Universitas Stanford.
Berdasarkan analisa data, penulis menemukan bahwa ada (75) jenis-jenis klausa sematan yang terdiri dari (55) sebagai jenis klausa tertentu dan (20) sebagai jenis klausa tidak tertentu. kemudian ada (74) fungsi-fungsi klausa sematan yang terdiri dari (51) berfungsi sebagai penerang dalam frasa nominal, (7) sebagai partisipan dan (16) sebagai penerang frasa keterangan. Jenis klausa sematan yang paling dominan adalah klausa tertentu dan fungsi yang paling dominan adalah sebagai penerang dalam frasa nomina di skrip pidato wisudanya.
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Oleh karena itu, penulis menganjurkan agar para pembaca dapat menambah pengetahuannya tentang kalimat sematan dengan memperhatikan jenis-jenis dan fungsi-fungsi dari kalimat sematan secara bersamaan agar mencapai pemahaman secara menyeluruh tentang kalimat sematan. Terlebih lagi bagi mahasiswa Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris di Universitas Muria Kudus dapat termotivasi untuk memperkaya pengetahuan mereka tentang kalimat sematan agar dapat mengasilkan kalima-kalimat yang baik. Sebagai tambahan, bagi para dosen Program Studi Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muria Kudus dapat memotivasi mahasiswanya untuk menghasilkan text yang baik dengan memperkaya pengetahuan mereka tentang kalimat sematan.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER ... i
LOGO ... ii
TITLE ... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vi
ABSTRACT ... viii
ABSTRAK ... x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... xii
LIST OF TABLES ... xv
LIST OF FIGURES ... xvi
LIST OF APPENDICES ... xvii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research ... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problems ... 4
1.3 Objective of the Research ... 5
1.4 Significance of the Research ... 5
1.5 Scope of the Research ... 5
1.6 Operational Definition ... 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Grammar ... 8
2.2 Functional Grammar ... 9
2.3 The Rank Scale ... 10
2.4 Embedded Clause... 13
2.4.1 The Types of Embedded Clause ... 14
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2.4.1.2 Non-Finite Clause ... 17
2.4.2 The Functions of Embedded Clause ... 19
2.4.2.1 Embedded Clause as Post Modifier in a Nominal Group ... 19
2.4.2.2 Embedded Clause as a Participant ... 19
2.4.2.3 Embedded Clause as Post Modifier in an Adverbial Group ... 20
2.5 Steve Jobs... 21
2.6 Commencement Speech Script ... 22
2.7 Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script ... 22
2.8 Review of Previous Research ... 23
2.9 Theoretical Framework ... 24
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Design of the Research ... 27
3.2 Data and Data Source... 28
3.3 Data Collecting ... 28
3.4 Data Analysis ... 29
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 The Types of Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script ... 35
4.2 The Functions of Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script ... 45
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CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
5.1 The Types of Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford
Commencement Speech Script ... 55
5.2 The Functions of Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script ... 69
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 86 5.2 Suggestions ... 86 REFERENCES ... 88 APPENDICES ... 89 STATEMENT ... 97 CURRICULUM VITAE ... 100
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
3.1 The Analysis of Types of Embedded Clause ... 30
3.2 The Analysis of Functions of Embedded Clause ... 33
4.1.1 Types of Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford
Commencement Speech Script ... 36
4.1.2 Functions of Embedded Clause Found in Steve Jobs’ Stanford
Commencement Speech Script ... 45
4.2.2 Frequency Table of Types of Embedded Clause Found in Steve
Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script ... 53 4.2.3 Frequency Table of Functions of Embedded Clause Found in Steve
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix Page
1. Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech Script posted on June 14, 2005 ... 89
